Cleaning compound.



CLEANING COMPOUND.

Specification of Letters. Patent.

Patented March 17, 1908.

Application filed June 13, 1907. Serial No. 378,873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, HA'ITTIE C. WRIGHT, a

citizen of the Unit-ed States, residing at Shu mansville, in the countyof Caroline and State of Virginia, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in a Compound, of which the following is a specification.

The. object of this invention is a scouring powder especially adaptedfor household use and of an inexpensive nature.

It is designed for cleaning wood, wooden ware and metals both common andrare. In preparing this compound I use ten quarts of water, two andonehalf pounds of any good laundry soap, or a powdered soap such aspearline, one pound of bi-carbonate of soda, eight ounces of borax, fiveounces of spirits of turpentine. twelve quarts of wheat flour.

. two ounces of gold bronze, two ounces of silver bronze, twenty-eightquarts of ashes secured from smoldered pine chips, and five ounces oftartaric acid.

In manufacturing the compound the water is brought to theboiling pointand the soap, borax, spirits of turpentine and tartaric acid are placedin the boiling water and stirred until ,the whole is in liquid form. Ifthe laundry soap employed is in the form of cakes it is cut orslicedinto small pieces before adding the boiling water. To this liquid isthen added the twenty-eight quarts of ashes and the resultant damp pasteis placed into pans and dried by hot air.

When cool, the flour, soda, gold and silver bronze areadded to the ashpowder and the whole passed through a revolving sitter after it isplaced in suitable boxes ready for use.

If it is not desiredto employ both the silver and gold bronze, fourounces of either may be substituted for the two ounces above specifiedof each. :3",

In applying to wooden articles they are first washed and then the powderapplied to them dry and they are given a slight rubbing with the clothby means of which the powder was applied.

For metals, especially gold, silver and nickel the powder is applied dryby means of a piece of soft fabric, and if the first application doesnot remove the stains they are slightly dampened and then finished witha second application of the dry powder.

lhe powder will not only remove dirt and stains but also imparts a verydurable polish to such metals as gold, silver and nickel.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim asnew and desireto secure by Letters Patent,-is:.

1. A cleaning. compound of the kind described consisting of a powderform of ashes, bi-carbonate of soda, tartaric acid, boraX, spirits ofturpentine, flour, silver bronze powder and soa 2. A compound of thekind described consisting of a finely comminuted powder composed of thefollowing ingredients in the proportion named. that is: two and one-halfpounds of laundry soap, one pound of bicarbonate of soda, eight ouncesof borax five ounces of tartaric acid, twenty-eight quarts of tine ashestwelve quarts of wheat flour and Your ounces of bronze powder, the saidpowder having incorporated therein two ounces of spirits of turpentine.

IV. E. Exms, DAVIS B. PowEn, Jr.

